AJOT Newsroom | August 17, 2026 | Air Cargo | General | By The Numbers
Global airfreight volumes declined in the first full week of August after a mild rally the previous week, with chargeable weight sinking from all origins, while pricing and capacity inched lower, barely changing from the previous week.
AJOT Newsroom | August 17, 2026 | Logistics
Reuters | August 14, 2026 | Trucking
Uber Freight is investigating a data security incident involving unauthorized access to a portion of its systems and repositories, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Reuters | August 14, 2026 | Maritime
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said on Thursday the Department of Homeland Security has approved a second 90-day extension of a Jones Act waiver first issued on March 17, 2026, allowing certain covered cargoes to continue moving on foreign-flagged vessels between U.S. ports under specified conditions.
Reuters | August 14, 2026 | Energy | Alternative | Ports & Terminals | Canal and Waterway
Hungarian authorities are expected to start sinking two barges later in the day to raise the water level at the Paks nuclear plant in the Danube, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Friday.
Reuters | August 14, 2026 | Energy
U.S.-based Diversified Energy said on Friday it is in early discussions to acquire privately held Birch Resources, as it looks to further expand into the oil and gas-rich Permian Basin.
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy said he was "deeply disappointed" that a bill to advance a pipeline for the Alaska LNG project to export natural gas to Asia stalled in the state legislature.
Reuters | August 14, 2026 | International Trade | By The Numbers
The White House said on Thursday the United States is losing annual tariff revenue of about $19 billion to $26 billion on goods, largely from China, that are transshipped through third countries to avoid U.S. import duties.
Reuters | August 14, 2026 | Air Cargo | Technology | By The Numbers
Boeing's announcement this week that it is selling Wisk Aero is less a signal of a broader breakup than an effort to shed a struggling, non-core air taxi business that had become a distraction from the aerospace giant's turnaround efforts, analysts said.
Transit through the Strait of Hormuz appeared to grind to a near standstill on Friday after two more ships were attacked there and the United States said it could maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely.
Reuters | August 14, 2026 | International Trade | Commodity
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto announced a plan on Friday to create a new exchange that will set prices for the country's strategic commodities by the start of next year, in a fresh gambit to leverage the country's vast natural resources to boost growth.
Reuters | August 14, 2026 | Air Cargo | Airlines
Airlines are getting grounded jets back into the air. The bills left by a years-long engine crisis are proving much harder to bring down.
AJOT Newsroom | August 14, 2026 | Shipping Technology
AI-driven system uses real-time weather data to reduce harmful coastal pollution through fuel efficient ship navigation
AJOT Newsroom | August 14, 2026 | Green Shipping
The newly delivered forklift is one of several pieces of zero-emission cargo handling equipment being deployed at the breakbulk terminal, which is managed and operated by the NWSA.
AJOT Newsroom | August 14, 2026 | Ports & Terminals | Ports
The Port of Hueneme ranks among the top 10 US ports for both fresh produce and automobile imports. As one of the nation’s only debt-free ports, it generates billions of dollars in economic activity while supporting over 25,000 jobs.
AJOT Newsroom | August 14, 2026 | Maritime
The impact on logistics operations remains primarily concentrated on the Pacific Coast, particularly in and around Buenaventura, while operations on Colombia's Atlantic Coast remain fully operational and unaffected.
The Ports of Indiana and the Evansville Regional Economic Partnership (E-REP) today announced that the 544-acre Mount Vernon megamodal site has earned a Silver designation through REDI Sites (Readiness Evaluation for Development and Investment), the Site Selectors Guild’s first-in-the-nation site readiness program.
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